diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GML.js
index 2d5360fcc3..50d0069786 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GML.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.GML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.Vector, {
     requestSuccess:function(request) {
         var doc = request.responseXML;
         
-        if (!doc || request.fileType!="XML") {
+        if (!doc) {
             doc = request.responseText;
         }
         
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GeoRSS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GeoRSS.js
index 1a0fcaebfa..d1421ae65c 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GeoRSS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GeoRSS.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.GeoRSS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.Markers, {
      */
     parseData: function(ajaxRequest) {
         var doc = ajaxRequest.responseXML;
-        if (!doc || ajaxRequest.fileType!="XML") {
+        if (!doc) {
             doc = OpenLayers.parseXMLString(ajaxRequest.responseText);
         }
         
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js
index 7b365ac859..c2288476ff 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/WFS.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ OpenLayers.Tile.WFS = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Tile, {
         if (this.features) {
             var doc = request.responseXML;
             
-            if (!doc || request.fileType!="XML") {
+            if (!doc) {
                 doc = OpenLayers.parseXMLString(request.responseText);
             }
             if (this.layer.vectorMode) {